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Francesca M. Piras

Policlinico San Matteo FondazioneORCID 0000-0002-7418-3976Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Genomics· 3 Molecular Biology· 2

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Approach:statistical model· 4 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 3 Assay:ChIP-seq· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:human· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1

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Elena GiulottoiD· 5 shared Eleonora CappellettiiD· 5 shared Solomon G. NergadzeiD· 4 shared Marialaura BiundoiD· 3 shared Elena RaimondiiD· 2 shared Lorenzo SolaiD· 2 shared Marco SantagostinoiD· 2 shared Adam M. PhillippyiD· 1 shared

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GenomicsCommunications BiologyPeer-reviewedJul 7, 2026

Unconventional centromere architectures in Tapirus indicus reveal hotspots for satellite-free centromere formation in Perissodactyla

Marialaura Biundo, Francesca M. Piras, Edoardo Rapisarda…·Eleonora Cappelletti

The paper identifies satellite-free centromeres in Tapirus indicus and shows evolutionary hotspots for such centromeres in Perissodactyla, with uncoupling between CENP-A and CENP-B.

DOI 10.1038/s42003-026-10612-2

mouseChIP-seq

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintFeb 27, 2026

Fully Phased Telomere-to-Telomere Assemblies for Thoroughbred Horse and Donkey Haplotypes derived from a Mule Illuminate the Peculiar Evolution of Equid Centromeres

Kai Li, Eleonora Cappelletti, Carey Dessaix…·Ted Kalbfleisch

The paper presents telomere-to-telomere genome assemblies of a Thoroughbred horse and donkey derived from a mule, revealing insights into equid centromere evolution and plasticity.

1 citation

humanmouse

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Molecular BiologyRNAPeer-reviewedNov 5, 2025

TERRA transcripts and promoters from telomeric and interstitial sites

Marco Santagostino, Lorenzo Sola, Eleonora Cappelletti…·Elena Giulotto

The paper identifies TERRA promoters in subtelomeres and interstitial telomeric sequences, showing their transcriptional activity and contribution to TERRA RNA production.

3 citations

humanDNA methylation

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintApr 24, 2024

CENP-A/CENP-B uncoupling in the evolutionary reshuffling of centromeres

Eleonora Cappelletti, Francesca M. Piras, Marialaura Biundo…·Elena Giulotto

The paper investigates the role of CENP-B in equid centromeres, showing its absence correlates with the loss of CENP-B boxes and the evolution of new centromeric repeats.

DOI 10.1101/2024.04.24.590946

multiple speciesstatistical model

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintFeb 15, 2022

Neocentromere formation through Robertsonian fusion and centromere repositioning during the evolution of zebras

Eleonora Cappelletti, Francesca M. Piras, Lorenzo Sola…·Elena Giulotto

The paper identifies satellite-free neocentromeres in zebras, showing centromere repositioning and Robertsonian fusions contribute to their formation.

DOI 10.1101/2022.02.15.480582

zebrafishChIP-seq

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